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   b ⁿb           *d *ⁿd   d̠ ⁿd̠           ɡ ɡʷ ⁿɡ ⁿɡʷ    
 
 
 
 
  
 
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   m           *n   n̠           ŋ ŋʷ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Mbabaram
UPSID number: 8373
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Australian, Pama-Nyungan
The languages has 24 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [ⁿb] [b] [*ⁿd] [*d] [ⁿd̠] [d̠] [ⁿɡʷ] [ɡʷ] [ⁿɡ] [ɡ] [ɽ] [*r] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [n̠] [ŋʷ] [ŋ] [i] [u] [ɯ] [ä]
Comments:

Mbabaram was spoken between the Walsh and
Herbert rivers in northern Queensland, Australia. Dixon's
descriptions (1966 a,b) are long on formalisms but short
of phonetic detail. The simple stops are interpreted as
voiced on the basis of symbols chosen by Dixon.
Sources:

Dixon, R.M.W. 1966a. Mbabaram: a dying Australian
language. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African
Languages (London) 29: 97-121.

Dixon, R.M.W. 1966b. Mbarabam Phonology. Stephen Austin
and Sons, Ltd., Hertford.